Romantic Inspiration
You may be familiar with this poem, at least by reputation: I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on […]
Read more →Literature Studies
Exploring Literature for A Level Study
Category: Romanticism
Wuthering to New Heights
Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is an extraordinary novel. Published when its author was 29 years old, it has become the […]
Read more →Poetry’s Essential Communication
Some more poetry thoughts this week, as the Forward Foundation has announced its shortlist for the Forward Prize. On the […]
Read more →Questions About Humanity: Keats and Ishiguro
Initially, there might not seem to be a great deal of common ground between the archetypal young Romantic poet, John […]
Read more →Romantics and Diversity in the Booker
I don’t know if any of you have seen Simon Schama’s series on the Romantics, but if you haven’t, you […]
Read more →William Blake
The focus in this post is a single writer, and artist, and takes us beyond literature. I’ll start with the […]
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